Blessed

I love Christmas and decorating and buying the perfect gift for people... 

The smell of cinnamon and hot coco, the lights, the kiddos, the snow angels, the 

cuddling by the fire..

but all of those things are just tiny details in comparison to what Christmas 

really means to me. 

I love spending time with family and friends.

 I love hearing the story about 

when Christ was born. 

I love going to the Temple. 

I love how Christmas brings people together. 

I love helping give families 

Christmas who are in need. 

I love the songs we sing in church 

this time of year. 

I am so grateful for our Heavenly Father 

and for Jesus Christ. 

I'm thankful for the Atonement and

 the Plan of Salvation. 

I would be lost without the gospel. 

I love feeling the sweet spirit during 

the Christmas season. 

We are so lucky to be part 

of such an incredible church. 

About this time last year I got 

my Patriarchal Blessing. 

I found the printed letter of it in 

my stocking Christmas morning. 

That blessing changed my life forever.  

Here is our Christma-fied home.

This all makes me so happy. I wish December had like 60 days in it. Oh well :) I'll leave it up until January 1. Merry Christmas!